Transgender jazz musician Billy Tipton’s life was distorted by the media after his death. No Ordinary Man aims to correct that narrative.
Creative Non-Fiction
Creative Non-Fiction is often a more appropriate word for describing innovative forms in documentary filmmaking, which go beyond mere information dump. Here you'll find reviews of films that are pushing the form and interviews with non-fiction filmmakers about making non-fiction works of art.
Modern Whore is a short about sex work for fans of Cam
Nicole Bazuin’s short Modern Whore feels like a documentary sister to Cam: it’s just as stylised, intelligent, and positive about sex work.
Correspondencia is a rare dialogue between filmmakers
Carla Simón’s and Dominga Sotomayor Castillo’s shortform collaboration, Correspondencia (Correspondences), is a thrillingly urgent series of video letters.
Mira Burt-Wintonick on Wintopia: “You need to make the film only you can make”
Wintopia director Mira Burt-Wintonick on how she worked out a personal approach to making a documentary eulogy to her father, filmmaker Peter Wintonick.
Behind the Lens: Franklin Dow on the technical innovation behind the documentary Evelyn
Director of Photography Franklin Dow discusses his personal involvement in the documentary Evelyn and the complex camera rig he built especially for the film. Read our interview with director Orlando von Einsiedel here. Discover more illuminating interviews with documentary filmmakers with our ebook In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1, which you can purchase […]
Orlando von Einsiedel discusses his documentary Evelyn
One of the most eye-opening and subtle films about grief and suicide, the moving documentary sees the director Orlando von Einsiedel and his family talk about the suicide of his brother Evelyn for the first time. Read our interview with Evelyn cinematographer Franklin Dow here.